Orlando, Fla. – World Sports & Marketing and the NBC Sports Group have partnered to televise the 2012 King of Wake series presented by Rockstar Energy Drink. The preeminent wakeboard tour’s new cable television partner, NBC Sports Network, which reaches nearly 100 million homes, will air all eight stops of the series beginning on May 16 at 4 p.m. (EST) with the Nautique Wake Games.

Following the first episode, fans can watch all five stops on the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour and end the season with the WWA Nautique Nationals and Rockstar World Championships presented by Supra. The entire series schedule is as follows:

2012 TV Schedule:

Event

Airs on NBC Sports

Nautique Wake Games

May 16 at 4 p.m. (EST)

MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour Stop #1

June 20 at 4 p.m. (EST)

MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour Stop #2

June 27 at 4 p.m. (EST)

MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour Stop # 3

Aug. 14 at 4 p.m. (EST)

MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour Stop # 4

Sept. 19 at 4 p.m. (EST)

MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour Stop # 5

Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. (EST)

WWA Nautique National Championships

Oct. 3 at 4 p.m. (EST)

WWA Rockstar World Championships presented by Supra

Oct. 10 at 4 p.m. (EST)

Tune in to follow wakeboarding’s top pro riders, as they compete in the sport’s most elite competition series for big prize money and to determine who is the King of Wake. NBC Sports Network will give viewers unprecedented access to the competition with in-depth profiles of all the top riders.

About ROCKSTAR

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The King of Wake is the world’s elite pro wakeboarding series, attracting the sport’s top athletes from across the globe. Over the course of a season, athletes compete for the ultimate wakeboarding crown in a series points race of eight events throughout the United States to see who rules the wake. The 2012 series consists of the Wake Games, the WWA National Championships, the WWA World Championships and all five stops on the Pro Wakeboard Tour. The King of Wake is organized by World Sports & Marketing — the leading wake-events producer since 1988.